Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-03-10
Woman's Column.

Mrs. Lille Prok, Of Olalla, Ore. has
killed seven bears this winter.
Lucy Iarcom is spending the winter
with Miss Ellen Carpenter, the artist.
Mrs. Frank Leslie is of Huguenot ex-
traction, and was born in the French
quarter of New Orleans. She speaks
French, Spanish, Italian, German and
English with equal fluency.
The census shows that there are be-
tween two and three millions of wO-
men wage-workers in this country.
who support themselves, and many OF
them their husbands and families.
Mrs. J.W. Smith, of Orange, Nj, is
a famous tricyclist. During the past
wear she rode 2, ,643 miles, 2,228 of which
were with her husband on a tandem
machine: the other AS were alone.
A syndicate of workingwomen has
heen formed in the Rue de Palestro,
Paris, France, TO dispense with the SER
vices of registry offices. About fifty
women have already inscribed their
names. .....s '[
According to Secretary DickinsOn's
report, fifty years ago two-f1fths OF the
public school teachers in Massachusetts
were men; now about one-tenth are
men. The average wages of men then
were $25.A per month, and of women
S11.38; now men average $111.23, and
women $43,97.
Senator Brown says that "the Creator
never intended" woman to vote. But
in the absence of any special revelation
from the Creator on that point, we
doubt whether Senator Brown knows.
If the will of God can be inferred from
the. tendency of events, all who can
read the signs of the times are fast
coming to perceive that He does mean
women to vote.
Senator Brown says that women are
physlcalIy incompetent to perform po-
iitical duties. AS these duties, howev-
er, are performed with difficulty by oc-
togenarians and cripples, it seems as if
they might not be beyond the strength
of women. Indeed, when thousands of
women have been voting for nearly
twenty years, both in England and in
our own Western Territories, it is abb
surd to talk about "lab0rious duties for
which they (the female sex) are not by
nature physically competent"
Mrs. Mary. f. Haggart lately Joined
Enterprise Lodge No. ! of the United
Order of Honor, and said, in her initia-
ton speech: "If there is anything con-
nected with my entrance into this
organization upon which 1 especially
congratulate myself, it is the fact that
were among the pioneers of the United
Order of Honor enough clear-headed,
large-hearted, farseeing men to under
stand and demonstrate that the race
needs the help of women in every
organized effort to improve humanity
or to enrich and bless the lives of those
around us. No organization in
the future can secure a permanent hold
on long life and shut women out"
Miss Clara Barton, President of the
American National Red Cross, has
been visiting northwestern Texas, to
find out by personal investigation, her
favorite method, the actual state of til e
sufferers from the long drought, about
whose condition so many contradictory
reports have been afloat. She found
the distress indeed severe, but came to
the conclusion, also, that Texas was
amply able to relieve her own sufferers
As a direct result of Miss Barton's eff
forts, the press of Texas has taken the
matter up, and generous subscription
has been set on foot. Persons outside
the State are also responding literally.
All contributions should be sent to Dali
las TEX Ne,os.